The ABC's Europe correspondent Rafael Epstein won the Best Radio News Report for his story on Dr Mohamed Haneef.

ABC Radio journalist Ann Barker took out the award for Radio Current Affairs Reporting for her coverage of the Northern Territory federal intervention.

ABC Radio National journalists Eurydice Aroney and Sharon Davis won the Best Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special award for their piece 'The Search for Edna Lavilla'.

Foreign Correspondent reporters Matthew Brown and Wayne Harley scooped the Best Television Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special award for the 'West Bank - Love and Betrayal'.

Australian Story reporter Wendy Page won the award for Best Sport Feature Coverage for her piece 'Man of the Century'.

Lateline host Tony Jones won the award for Best Broadcast Interviewing for the second time.

Four Corners cameraman Andrew Taylor took out the Television News and Current Affairs Camera award for the third time for his work on 'Forward Base Afghanistan'. It was described as "cinematic and powerful".

The Walkley Foundation also announced the launch of the Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, which will reward outstanding journalists 26 years and under with an overseas trip to visit other media organisations.

The Walkley Awards, administered by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, were established in 1956 by Sir William Gaston Walkley, founder of Ampol Australia.

Features

Ever since banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report dropped in late September, senior bankers, government ministers and their lobbyists have been agitating for a more sedate, less confrontational approach, writes Ian Verrender.

The main drag was once the heart and soul of many regional Australian cities, but if you walk through a town's central business district these days, you will often see for lease signs and shuttered up shops.